r3.stats calculates volume statistics for 3D raster maps. Volumes are created on base of value subranges or groups of equal values. The default number of subranges is 20 and can vary from 1 to infinite. Larger number of subranges will result in larger memory consumption. The volumes are calculated in qubic meters. Null values are marked with "*". If the flag -e is set, the number of subranges will be ignored.

As with most GRASS 3D raster map modules, r3.stats operates on the cell array defined by the current 3D region settings, not the original extent and resolution of the input map. See g.region.

The region setting will not effect the memory consumption of this module. The number of subranges in case of value range calculation or the number of equal value groups effect the memory consumption and the calculation time. The user can expect a huge time consumption to calculate the equal value groups (flag -e) if large region settings occur for maps which have many equal value groups (> 100000).

The 3D raster map geology has three values. Each value represents a specific geological layer, clay = 1, sand = 2 and bedrock = 3. To calculate the volume of each geological layer, we can use the flag -e to group equal values into single volumes. r3.stats geology -e will produce the following output: